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...believe that Judge [Pierre N.] Leval--who incidentally runs a first class courtroom--should ever have permitted [the Westmoreland] case to go trial. He as much as acknowledged that himself after Westmoreland withdrew his suit by saying, "Perhaps this is a verdict best left to history...
...jurors expressed disappointment at not being called upon to render a verdict. A majority said they had been leaning toward CBS, but some thought each side had presented a substantial case. Said Judge Pierre Leval, who had warned at the outset that the suit could easily turn into a futile effort to re-evaluate the war in Viet Nam: "Judgments of history are too subtle and too complex to be satisfied with a verdict. It may be for the best that the verdict will be left to history...
...publicity favored Westmoreland. Once the suit reached court, Attorney Burt demonstrated that several key former officials who took Westmoreland's side either were not interviewed for the broadcast or, like President Johnson's National Security Adviser Walt Rostow, were left on the cutting-room floor. But Judge Leval counseled the jury that "fairness" was not an issue; Westmoreland had to prove both that the documentary was false and that CBS had good reason to know...
...week-old trial has worn down several of those involved. Westmoreland, 70, and CBS News Correspondent Mike Wallace, 66, the show's lead interviewer, have required medical treatment for trial- or tension-related ailments. But the end is in sight. Judge Pierre Leval allotted each side 150 hours to make its case: Westmoreland has used about 140, CBS about 130. CBS Attorney Boies says that he anticipates calling only a few more witnesses. Among them: Wallace, who is more accustomed to asking questions than answering them...
Westmoreland's suit has aroused expectations of a definitive judgment on issues ranging from the adversary role of the press to the apportionment of blame for the U.S. failure in Viet Nam. Federal District Judge Pierre Leval, however, emphasized to jurors last week that they will be asked to decide specific matters of fact. A "historical inquiry," Leval warned, could last a lifetime. Instead, the focus is on what CBS alleged in its 1982 documentary The Uncounted Enemy: that Westmoreland engaged in "a conspiracy at the highest levels of military intelligence" to mislead his superiors, including the President, about...